EC sets election date on February 8
Thailand’s Election Commission approved an election plan with polling on February 8, 2026 and advance voting on February 1, plus key registration dates.
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday approved a draft plan prepared by the EC Office for holding the general election, setting polling day for February 8, 2026.
After the government dissolved the House of Representatives on December 12, the EC assigned its Office to draft the election plan and submit it for the commission’s consideration and approval.
The EC approved the plan as follows:
Sunday, February 8, 2026: Polling day for the election of Members of the House of Representatives (MPs).
Sunday, February 1, 2026: Advance voting day (both within-constituency and out-of-constituency), as well as voting at polling stations for persons with disabilities/impairments and older persons.
Candidate applications and PM nominee submissions:
- December 27–31, 2025: Applications for constituency MP candidates at the venue designated by the constituency election director.
- December 28–31, 2025: Applications for party-list MP candidates (for political parties that have already fielded constituency candidates only), and submission of the party’s prime ministerial nominee list, at Centara Life Government Complex Hotel and Convention Centre, Chaeng Watthana, Bangkok.
Registration period to vote in advance (within-constituency, out-of-constituency, and overseas): December 20, 2025 to January 5, 2026.
Notification of inability to vote: February 1–7, 2026 and February 9–15, 2026.
The EC will soon forward the schedule to the Cabinet Secretariat for publication in the Royal Gazette, so it can take effect.
